The race for the Oscars goes into overdrive today when nominees for Hollywood's most coveted awards are unveiled, with the best picture battle shaping up as a David and Goliath showdown.
Die wenpaal is in sig vir vanjaar se Oscar aanspraakmakers, met die lys van nominasies wat vanmiddag bekend gemaak word.
Science-fiction epic "Avatar" soared to a new global box office record, taking 1.85 billion dollars and sinking "Titanic" to become the biggest earning film of all time, figures showed Tuesday.
Die wetenskapfiksie film Avatar het amptelik Titanic verbygegaan en die meeste geld van enige film in die geskiedenis gemaak.
Jennifer Hudson is to play Winnie Mandela in a film charting the turbulent life and times of the ex-wife of South Africa's first black president.
Sandra Bullock won the best drama actress prize at the 67th Golden Globe Awards for her performance as an inspirational mentor in "The Blind Side."
Disaster flick "2012" beat Disney's "A Christmas Carol" to top the box office, figures show.
Two years ago, director Jason Reitman's "Juno" was the consummate Oscar underdog. An independent film without A-list stars, it went on to earn four Oscar nominations, winning best original screenplay for Diablo Cody.
North American theatre audiences already had enough holiday cheer to put "Disney's A Christmas Carol" at the top of the box office.
South Africa will relive the 1995 world cup this week as the new Clint Eastwood film "Invictus" premieres in Johannesburg today.
Charlize Theron is to star in a new instalment of the Mad Max movie franchise, 25 years after the Mel Gibson series last hit the screens.
The "Twilight" vampire romance sequel "New Moon" raked in 140.7 million dollars in its premiere weekend, a spectacular showing for the cult series.
The victim in the Roman Polanski child sex case has renewed calls for the case against the director to be dismissed.
